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Per a guy named Jim Schaefer: Recipe type: All Grain Batch Size: 5 gallons Starting Gravity: 1.052 Finishing Gravity: 1.014 Time in Boil: 1 hour Primary Fermentation: 5 days Secondary Fermentation: 8days Ingredients: 3.5 kg two row pale 1.5kg wheat malt 18 grams hallertau...

Chuck promises he will crack a bottle this weekend but I don't believe him. We'll see. I think his wife has him doin' honey-do's :-) I just started a batch of India Pale Ale this evening. Just got it in the fermenter about half an hour ago.

My buddy Chuck is getting ready to crack his hefe-weizen any day now so I just wanted to post the previous message while I sit and anticipate that first sip.

I am finding lots of neat stuff in the threads. Look forward to reading more.

It's good to be here. I look forward to learning alot. I am getting ready to start a batch of some good India Pale Ale. I look forward to bottling time :-)

Wheat beer recipes are as old as Babylon, where wheat grain was often used to make a heady brew. The Middle Ages saw many new forms arise, where it was considered the brew of the nobility. Most beers of the period were dark and consuming this Weissbier (white beer) was therefore a mark of...

Beer may also be considered food ... I'll post one on that topic at another time. :-)

The health benefits of moderate red wine drinking have been extensively studied. But several recent studies on beer suggest that it may be as, or even more, healthy if consumed in moderation. At base, of course, both contain alcohol and there is abundant evidence that it can have a variety of...

I just wanted to get familiar with this blog. I'm off now. Got lots of reading to do.

Hey guys, just wanted to pop in and introduce myself. I am a fresh noob in this so I will be doing lots of reading. Me and my buddy, Chuck, are chronicling our efforts as we learn this mystic art form :-)